ohyesrobot.ordoliberal.com

2007-09-19

Original: 2007-09-19 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1 (single panel):
Caption banner at top: "YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL WHEN THE LIBRARY EMPLOYEES ARE UNHAPPY"
An orange arrow-shaped sign points down/left, reading: "OUR STAFF RECOMMENDS"
A small light-blue sticky note on the bookshelf reads: "YOU GO FUC[K] YOURSELVE[S]" (text partly cut off).

Bottom caption (outside the panel): "We also like Harry Potter."

Votey:
Handwritten on a note: "“Gofuckio ypurselfix!” shouted Hermione."

Alt text

A single SMBC panel showing the interior of a library with purple lockers and wooden shelving. A yellow banner across the top reads "YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL WHEN THE LIBRARY EMPLOYEES ARE UNHAPPY." An orange arrow-shaped staff sign reads "OUR STAFF RECOMMENDS," pointing at a small blue sticky note on the shelf that says "YOU GO FUC[K] YOURSELVE[S]" with the end cut off. A caption below the panel adds: "We also like Harry Potter." The joke: the disgruntled library staff's recommendation is just an insult. Votey: a handwritten note styled like a mock Harry Potter spell reads, "‘Gofuckio ypurselfix!’ shouted Hermione," turning the insult into a fake magic incantation.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.